Delays and Damage Reported on Oregon Short Line Trains
Oregon Short Line trains detoured via Shasta routes after floods and washouts. Officials noted heavy traffic and ongoing repairs across the Humboldt and Wasatch corridors while passengers were rerouted through Portland and San Francisco. Local workers faced barriers to reach damaged roadbeds and reconstruction sites amid river floods and bridge damage.
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San Francisco
White Sox
Oregon Short Line
Portland
Shasta
Union Station
Oregon
Smithern Pacific
Here
Thin City
Idaho
Southern Pacific
Palisade
Beowawe
Western Pacific
Humboldt Valley
Harriman
Overland Limited
Ogden
Lorny
Mongolia
Carlin
Battle Mountain
Humboldt
Ogdeny
San Fran
Chicago White Sox
Fleet Artillery
VU. S. AQ
Philippines
Bparks
Battle Manh
Tain
Novada
Sacramento
Utah game wardens capture three violators in Marysvale
Fred Wo Chambers reports at Salt Lake City that wardens at Marysvale in Piute County seized three men with two deer. The trio pleaded guilty before the district judge and paid $100 fines each. District warden Byron Hanchett tracked them for over five weeks, while Warden John Williams of Milford fined two Japanese $25 each for illegal fishing.
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Utah
Fred Wo Chambers
Salt Lake City
Marysvale
Plute County
Chambers
Byron Hanchett
John Williams
Milford
Beaver County
Two Trains Buried in Rogers Pass Disaster
In Rogers Pass, sixty two railway workers lie buried after an avalanche. Five bodies recovered. crews face further slides as they clear the wreckage and reopen the line toward Wellington, with transit via Arrow Lakes and Crow's Nest Pass anticipated.
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Vancouver
Canadian Pacific
Rogers Pass
Selkirk Range
Rocky Mountains
Prayer
Grimith
Buckley
Enelneer Philipps
Arrow Lakes
Nelson
Crow's Nest Pass
Wellington
Death Gorge
Cascades
J. B. Jarghan
Harry Otto Partridge
Biloxi
Miss
Seattle
Everett
Weather Bureau
J. C. Snyder
King Envinty
Old Letters From Early First Ladies Unearthed
Washington reports the House committee rescues letters from Martha Washington and Mary Todd Lincoln among early republic documents. The body approves a 2500 dollar appropriation to house the papers in the Library of Congress as the House of Representatives collection. Mrs. Lincoln seeks a yearly pension and receives five thousand dollars annually in Franfurt Germany.
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Washington
Mar
House of Representatives
House Committee On
Republic
Jefferson
Lafayette
Joy
Monroe
Martha Washington
Mary Todd Lincoln
Mount Vernon
House
Uese Hilstoric
Library of Congress
House of Representati
Congress
United States
Germany
Italy
A. Lincoln
Frankfort
Senate passes postal savings bill amid party split
The Senate approved the administration postal savings bank bill by 50 to 22 with all negative votes by Democrats. Chamberlain of Oregon joined Republicans in favor. The measure would let post office money orders accept deposits of one dollar or more and place funds in local banks, then invest in government securities with a 2.25 percent minimum return. The board of trustees would include the postmaster general, the treasury secretary, and the attorney general.
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Washington
Senate
Administration Postal Savings Bank
McEnery
Chamberlain
Oregon
House
Secretary of the Treasury
Muchomoner
Commins
Smoot
Cumming
Cummins
McCumber
Boral
Board of Trustees
United States
Bailey
Galinger
Carter
Disorder Flares as Philadelphia Strike Paralyzes City
Philadelphia faces a citywide walkout by organized labor backing trolley workers at the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company. Estimates vary, with claims of 70,000 out and 54,000 additional affected, while Mayor Reyburn and officials dispute the breadth. Major industries remain open. Kensington and building trades show strongest sympathy.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Kensignton
Independence Square
Reyburn
Central Labor Union
Charles A Hope
Nnion
Hope
Onikwaron
Iabor
Reyburn Down
Llenry Clay
Department of Public Safety
Baldwin Fo:comotive Works
Cramps Shipyards
Brill's Car Works
Midvale Steel Works
Fell Blas
Kensington
Allied Building Trades
Dr Hyde Indicted On Eleven Counts Of Murder Charges
Kansas City Missouri reports Dr B C Hyde husband of Colonel Swope’s niece faces eleven indictments and thirteen counts alleging first degree murder for typhoid poisoning strangulations bleeding and poisoning attempts against Colonel Swope and family guests. The case follows a three week grand jury probe as Hyde, free on $50,000 bond, awaits arraignment and possible dismissal from Independence court.
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Kansas Cit. Mo
Mar
B. C. Hyde
Thomas L. Swope
Swope
Colonel Swope
Christman Swone
Hyde
Dr Hyde
James Mose Hunton
Ur Hyde
Moorishel Swope
Stella Swope
Sarah Swope
Lucy Lee Swope
Nora Hell Dickson
Georgia F
Aliss Fox
Swoye
Swoon
Dickson
Crompton
Sean Streas
Caplases
Justice Loar
Independence
Independence Court
Dr. Hyde
John G Paxton
Logan O. Swope
Schiff Warns War Threat Grows Over Japan and Russia
Jacob Schiff warns at a Republican club luncheon that Japan and Russia share a goal to keep China restricted, risking war unless the United States asserts strong policy. He calls the Pacific a key world center and warns Britain force may decide the outcome, as tensions over domination rise.
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New York
Japan
Russia
Jacob HW Schief
Schieff
Republican Club
Mr. Schieff
Far East
Treerot
Pacific
Mayer Sulzburger
Philadelphia
Schleff
Exlel
Officials Plan for Prosecution in Heel Trust Case
Washington March 5 officials of the Department of Justice active in gathering evidence against the so called heel trust held a conference to determine the government’s future course. S. C. Krauthoff of New York representing packing companies argued against action claiming lack of law violation. The conference was attended by Wade Ellis Edwin W. Sims James H. Wilkerson and Oliver E. Ragan the government indictment expert.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Heel Trust
S. C. Krouthof
New York
Krauthoff
Wade Ellis
Edwin W. Sims
United States
Chicago
James H. Wilkerson
Oliver E. Ragan
Pinchot concludes testimony in Bal linger-Pinchot inquiry
Washington reports Pinchot ends his portion of the Bal linger Pinchot inquiry after four days on the stand. James R Garfield then takes the oath but his session is halted by adjournment to Thursday. Pinchot reiterates lack of personal knowledge and defends the forest service while committee members press for their own conclusions.
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Paxton
Washington
Gifford Pinchot
Ballinger-Pinchot
James R. Garfield
Roosevelt
Garfield
Pinchot
Forest Service
Gmd
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Dazlare
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Eiis
Oregon Short
Wells
Nevada
Loray
Salt Lake Division
Pinte County
Miley
Berlin
Marcel
German Geographic Society
Great Britain
Nordenskjold
Lincoln
Law
John D. Rockefeller
District of Columbia
Starr J. Murphy
Foundation
New York Central
Rochester
American Zinc Lead and Smelting Company
Etruck Saturdlag
Hinher
Taft
Missouri
Nephew
Logan
B.C Hyde
Jacob Schiff
Forester
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